In the “Getting New Mail: ” dropdown menu, choose either Filter before Junk Classification or Filter after Junk Classification.

Choose a property, a test and a value for each rule you want to apply:

– A property is a message element or characteristic such as “Subject” or “From”
– A test is a check on the property, such as “contains” or “is in my address book”
– A value completes the test with a specific detail, such as an email address or keyword

Choose one or more actions for messages that meet those criteria.

Click OK.

In the Message Filters dialog, click Run Now if you want the new filter to be applied to messages you’ve already received. The filter will automatically be applied to all new messages after it’s saved.

Windows Live Mail

Clicking on the “Junk” button in the Ribbon while one or more messages are selected.

It will move them to the current email account’s “junk mail” or “spam” folder.

Click on the dropdown arrow, and you’ll have several choices. Note that these options will be disabled (grayed out) if more than one email is selected.

Windows Live Mail create filters

On the Windows Live Mail Ribbon, click on the FOLDERS tab, then click on the MESSAGE RULES icon.

On the new window which appears, start at the top section where it reads “Select one or more conditions.” For our example, we’re going to put a checkmark in “Where the Subject line contains specified words.”

Once you choose a condition (in our case, “Subject line,”) look at the bottom of the New Mail Rule window. Click on the “contains specific words” link:

In the “Type Specific Words” window which appears, type in the words from the Subject which you want to use as the condition for the rule. In our case, we typed in [BULK]. Click the Add button.

Click OK

Next, go to the middle section of the New Mail Rule Window where it reads “Select one or more actions.” For our example, we’re going to choose “Move it to the specified folder.”

Once you insert the checkmark, look at the bottom of the window and click on the “specified” folder link.

In the “Move” window which appears, click the folder to which you want to move the email. In our case, we chose the “Junk” folder. Once your choice is highlighted, click OK.

Your next step is to give your rule a name and then click “Save rule.”